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Preparation for Your Family Road Trip
If you’ve never been on a family road trip before, you probably aren’t aware of what’s to come. Taking too much along the journey means having to lug it around, whereas taking too little can become costly and time consuming along the way. That’s just the packing! What about keeping everyone happy during long distances or where to stop for rests? Those who have been on a family road trip in the past have the benefit of hindsight and know just how important preparation is, to make the most of your road trip when it arrives. That’s where this short guide from Autoclick comes in handy. Find out everything you…
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Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Don Quixote Is Magnificent.
The neverending wind and rain may have been wreaking havoc outside, but at the Birmingham Hippodrome it was all about the warm Spanish sunshine, as the Birmingham Royal Ballet’s intoxicating Don Quixote had its opening night. Carlos Acosta’s wonderful reworking of the classic ballet combines wit and passion, stirring music and the most exquisite, Flamenco inspired dance to create a masterpiece of entertainment that is warm, witty and utterly stunning. Don Quixote, the wonderful Jonathan Payne, is a simple sole who lives in a world of make believe. He believes himself to be medieval knight on a quest to serve the bridelike Lady Dulcinea, and sets off, with a fruit bowl…
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My Golden Rules for Online Dress Shopping
Remember when shopping for that perfect dress meant visiting endless shops, with tired feet, queuing for the fitting room, queuing at the till, then queuing for the bus. Shopping online has changed all that, while there are definite advantages to shopping for dresses online – faster, much more choice, and often cheaper too – there are some points to remember to make your shopping experience that much better. I was sceptical about online fashion shopping at first, and while no online photograph is ever going to give you the true feel for a dress that you’d experience in a real store, I now frequently buy online, as the process has…
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Fawlty Towers The Play – Hilariously Chaotic!
If you ask people what is the funniest comedy of all time, you could take a safe bet that many of them would say Fawlty Towers. The classic 1970’s comedy consisted of just 12 episodes, but every one was a hilariously perfect piece of television, beloved and revered in equal measures. Now it has been turned into a play that is just as perfect as those episodes, hilarious, chaotic brilliance. Last night it had its press night at the Wolverhampton Grand, and the theatre totally rocked with laughter. It is an absolute, unmissable hoot. All the characters you know and love from the series are there, including supporting roles like…
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A Romantic Grand day out
If you’re ever in England and want to take in one of the British Isles’ most iconic of all sporting events and it happens to be the early spring – then the Grand National is really where it’s at. The race has no equal the world over and is surely the most famous of all horse races, flat or jumps, in the entire world. From a British perspective, the Grand National is up there with Wimbledon, Royal Ascot, the FA Cup final and any other Great British sporting event you care to imagine. It has a magic all of its own. Now for the uninitiated, the National isn’t the most…












